Reggie Love
| Reggie Love | |
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| Personal Aide to the President | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – November 10, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jared Weinstein |
| Succeeded by | Marvin Nicholson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 29, 1981 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Duke University University of Pennsylvania |
Reginald L. Love (born April 29, 1981) served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man for taking care of the president's needs, to United States President Barack Obama. Love left this position at the end of 2011, to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In July 2015, Vice Media announced that Love would become an editor-at-large for its sport site, Vice Sports.
Love attended high school at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He graduated with a degree in political science and public policy from Duke University. While at Duke, he was a two-sport athlete, playing both football and basketball. He played wide receiver for the Duke Blue Devils football team on a football scholarship. He was suspended twice from the team for a violation of team rules.
Love also played forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team. He was a walk-on as a freshman, and ended up as a team captain as a senior. He played on the 2001 team that won the NCAA national championship.
He tried out unsuccessfully with several National Football League teams during the two years after he graduated from college.
Love applied for an internship on Capitol Hill in 2006. He was interviewed by Robert Gibbs, Obama’s communications director, for a position in Obama's Senate office. He was hired with the title of deputy political director. He became Obama's personal assistant in 2007, during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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